Google released a patch for its Chrome 8 browser on Thursday
that reportedly addressed 13 vulnerabilities in its
code. The patch also debuted the company's new built-in
PDF viewer, offered as an alternative to the bug-plagued Adobe
Reader plug-in, and included support for the
soon-to-be-launched Chrome Web Store.

The 13 bugs addressed in Chrome 8.0.552.215 occur in the
browser's history, video indexing, and the display of SVG
(scalable vector graphics) animations. Four of the bugs
are tagged as “high” level, the company's second most serious
rating, while five were deemed “medium” and the other four
labeled “low.”

The Mountain View, California-based company reportedly dished
out $4,000 in bounties to five separate researchers for
locating the bugs. The company has now paid out almost
$30,000 in bug-bounty payments since mid-August.

Earlier this week, Net Applications reported that Chrome's
share of the global browser market stood at a record 9.3
percent, placing it third behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer
and Mozilla's Firefox, and expanding its lead over Apple's
Safari browser.

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